"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad

        Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, and Apocalypse Now, a movie by Francis Ford Coppola can be compared and contrasted in many ways. By focusing on their endings and on the character of Kurtz, contrasting the meanings of the horror in each media emerges. In the novel the horror reflects Kurtz tragedy of transforming into a ruthless animal whereas in the film the horror has more of a definite meaning, reflecting the war …

…we can deduce by ourselves. Well, as concluded we can see that Kurtz was an animal to some extent. Bringing back the idea of a transformation, we know that he once was a sane man. To know if he really meant to do what he did we need to formulate our own opinion. I don't think he did mean to do it, but nevertheless it was done and Kurtz in either media was an animal.